论模因论的时代标记性——以“-in”词的演变为例

模因作为语言信息传递的基因，在不同的时代呈现出时代标记性，其文化意义内核产生不同的发展状态。社会成员会加工处理变化了的语言信息，符合时代要求的语言会得到继承和衍变甚至突变，相反那些不适合时代需要的语言会被淘汰。所以对于语言不能以静态的观点认识，语言是和时代相结合的，是一个动态发展变化的机体。模因作为语言信息的单位，其时代标记性，证明了语言的动态性。     

Memes as speech acts

Memes are a common way for individuals to communicate online. Internet users often use memes to reply to each other on social networking sites or other online forums. This research argues that memes are successfully used for communication purposes because certain memes (specifically image macros) are essentially speech acts and are also understood as being speech acts by internet users. When creating a meme, choices are made concerning the specific semiotic resources to be used and the internet community then interprets these resources to facilitate communication between the meme creator and the internet community. Memes can be recreated for different purposes and therefore it is possible to group memes under already existing speech acts and speculate about the ways in which these might correspond to speech acts in the future. To accomplish this, a limited amount of specific meme types are analysed and discussed.